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A multiple-choice quiz by Brainz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Brainz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
972

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
723

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the scientific term for any two-legged animal? Hint

tripod

bycepod

biped

quadrecep

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the famous american soldier from WWI who captured 132 German soldiers single-handed and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Hint

Alvin York

Mark Fitzgerald

John Pershing

Warren Harding

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the dot on top of an 'i'? Hint

speck

tittle

apostrophe

topsy

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many ridges are on the edge of an American quarter? Hint

188

119

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms? Hint

William Taft

Abraham Lincoln

Grover Cleveland

Ronald Reagan

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the longest book in the Bible? Hint

Genesis

Psalms

Revelations

Jeremiah

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which United States president coined the phrase, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'? Hint

Calvin Coolidge

Franklin Roosevelt

Dwight Eisenhower

Harry Truman

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Question 8 of 10

8. How long was Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight? Hint

3 kilometers

112 meters

200 meters

36 meters

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where was William Shakespeare born? Hint

Liverpool

Stratford-upon-Avon

London

Istanbul

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Question 10 of 10

10. What physical principle explains that the pressure in a moving stream of fluid is less than the pressure in the surrounding fluid? Hint

Newton's third law of gravity

Archimedes' principal

Bernoulli's principal

Newton's second law of motion

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the scientific term for any two-legged animal?

Answer: biped

The scientific term for any two-legged animal (ex. human) is biped.

2. Name the famous american soldier from WWI who captured 132 German soldiers single-handed and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Answer: Alvin York

This 'Tennessee boy' captured 132 Germans single-handed armed with only a rifle, making him one of the greatest heroes of the war.

3. What is the name of the dot on top of an 'i'?

Answer: tittle

The little dot on top of an 'i' actually has a name. It is called a tittle.

4. How many ridges are on the edge of an American quarter?

Answer: 119

5. Who was the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms?

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. First from 1885-1889, and then from 1893-1897.

6. What is the longest book in the Bible?

Answer: Psalms

Psalms is the longest book of the Bible.

7. Which United States president coined the phrase, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'?

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt

8. How long was Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight?

Answer: 36 meters

Orville and Wilbur Wright's first flight lasted only 12 seconds and was only 36 meters, less than the wingspan of a 747.

9. Where was William Shakespeare born?

Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 23, 1564.

10. What physical principle explains that the pressure in a moving stream of fluid is less than the pressure in the surrounding fluid?

Answer: Bernoulli's principal

Bernoulli's principal is the basis for the flight of a plane.

Source: Author Brainz

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